There are a couple of blogging platforms available.    From wikipedia,  here’s a list.

Free and open source software

These software packages are offered as free and open source software

• Apache Roller (Java-based)
• b2evolution (PHP/MySQL)
• bitsyblog (Python)
• blojsom (Java)
• blosxom (Perl)
• byteflow (Python/Django)
• Chyrp (MySQL, SQLite (with PDO), and PHP 5)
• CuteNews (PHP based)
• DasBlog (C#/ASP.NET)
• DotNetNuke (C#/ASP.NET)
• Dotclear (PHP/MySQL)
• Drupal (PHP/MySQL)
• Frog CMS (PHP/MySQL)
• Elgg (Apache, MySQL, and PHP)
• Habari (PHP/MySQL,SQLite,PostgreSQL)
• InkType (MySQL and PHP)
• iN?to (Ruby on Rails)
• kablink (Java)
• Livejournal (Perl) (Also available, developer hosted)
• LifeType (PHP/MySQL)
• Mephisto
• Movable Type (also offered in developer-hosted form as TypePad)
• Nouz (PHP/MySQL)
• NanoBlogger (Written in Bash. Uses common Unix tools)
• Nucleus CMS (PHP/MySQL)
• PHPSlash
• phsBlog (PHP/MySQL)
• Pebble (Java-based)
• Picoplog (PHP) (photoblog)
• Pixelpost (PHP/MySQL) (photoblog)
• PyBlosxom (Python)
• Serendipity (PHP/MySQL,PostgreSQL,SQLite)
• SimplePHPBlog (PHP/TXT)
• SimpleLog (Ruby on Rails)
• Slash (Perl/MySQL)
• Subtext (C#/ASP.NET)
• Textpattern (PHP/MySQL)
• Thingamablog
• Typo (Ruby on Rails)
• WordPress (PHP/MySQL) – also offered in developer-hosted form as WordPress.com
• CELLblog (ASP/ASP.NET) – Community Environment Live Life -webblog 2.0 compatible. ASP soon to be ASP.NET
• Livejournal Visibility Changer – works fine even for Linux (under Wine). C++ programming language.

Among all of these,  my personal favorite is WordPress.   What I like about wordpress is that there are a huge amount of free templates available, and a huge amount of plugins you can add to the base installation.   In fact, I use wordpress here on this blog.

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